re: Sun Life Stadium Renovations Canceled(Posted by shel311 on 5/6/13 at 6:36 am to Jim Rockford)

quote:It's been proven that these taxpayer funded sports projects are net money losers to the municipalities

This is not true. It hasn't been "proven".

There atudies that show it both ways. Forbes, who I would say is pretty reputable, says the answer lies somewhere in the middle, which would mean it does generate net revenue, just not as much as originally thought.

re: Sun Life Stadium Renovations Canceled(Posted by Captain Want on 5/6/13 at 7:55 am to Helo)

Loria ought to be prosecuted for fraud. It's a freaking crime what he's done there.

And - i am so sick of hearing NFL teams threaten to move to LA to get what they want from the public governing entity. That's all LA is - a bargaining chip. Jacksonville, Miami, Minnesota, St. Louis, Oakland, San Fran, Carolina...New Orleans too...all have had that threat in the last seven years or so. Which pisses me off about the NFL.

I think huizenga dumped a bunch of money in for renovations to sun life before he sold it to Ross. There were some decent upgrades. But they are looking to put some major upgrades now. It's bad timing.

The threat to leave is a political move. The speaker promised the team the measure would be put up for a vote and then tabled it.